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Commander-in-chief From To Flagship Note
General at Sea: Robert Blake[1][2] September 1654 August 1657 (styled as Commander of the Fleet for the Mediterranean and Commander of the Mediterranean Fleet)
Admiral of the Blue: Sir George Rooke [3] August 1695 1696
Vice-Admiral: John Neville[4][5] November 1696 August 1697 HMS Cambridge
Admiral of the Fleet: Sir Cloudesley Shovell [6][7] May 1705 1707 HMS Britannia (styled as Commander British Mediterranean Fleet and commanding operations in the Mediterranean in 1707)
Admiral of the White: Sir John Leake [8][9] January 1707 1708
Admiral of the White: George Byng[10] 1708 (styled as Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Squadron)
Admiral of the Blue: Sir John Norris[11][12] December 1709 1710
Admiral of the White: Sir John Jennings[13][14] November 1710 1711 HMS Blenheim
Admiral of the White Sir James Wishart[15][16] December 1713 1714 HMS Rippon
Vice-Admiral of the Blue: John Baker [17][18] February 1714 1715 HMS Lion
Vice-Admiral of the Blue: Charles Cornewall [19][20] October 1716 1717
Admiral of the White: George Byng[21] June 1718 1720 (styled as Commander of the British Mediterranean Fleet)
Rear-Admiral of the White: Hon. George Clinton [22][23] April 1737
Rear-Admiral of the Red: Nicholas Haddock[24][25] May 1738 December 1741
Rear-Admiral of the White: Richard Lestock[26][27] November 1741 December 1741 HMS Neptune
Vice-Admiral of the Red: Thomas Mathews[28][29] March 1742
Vice-Admiral of the White: Richard Lestock[30] December 1743 1792
Vice-Admiral of the Blue: William Rowley[31][32] June 1744 July 1745 HMS Neptune
Vice-Admiral of the White: Henry Medley[33][34] July 1745 August 1747 HMS Russell
Vice-Admiral of the Blue: Hon.John Byng [35] September 1747 August 1748 HMS Princess
Rear-Admiral of the White: John Forbes[36] August 1748 1749 (as Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean)
Rear-Admiral of the Blue: Charles Saunders[37] January 1757 May 1757


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